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Dazzling New Cocktails for a New Year

Here’s a New Year’s resolution that’s easy to keep: serve cocktails that will wow your guests at gatherings and events. Toward that end, we’re going to keep on file some suggestions we received from SVEDKA Vokda, Kim Crawford Wines and RUFFINO Wine who collaborated on some inventive recipes. They’re a good starting point for a conversation with your catering team.

Directions: Combine liquid ingredients and 1 teaspoon gold leaf with ice in a mixing glass. Stir with ice and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass. Sprinkle remaining teaspoon of gold leaf decoratively over cocktail.

SVEDKA’s Ultra Violet Martini

Ingredients:

2 parts SVEDKA Citron

1/2 part Creme Yvette

1 1/2 parts club soda

1/2-part simple syrup

1 part cream

1/2-part fresh lime juice

1/2-part fresh lemon juice

1 small egg white

2 dashes Peychaud's bitters

Directions: Combine all ingredients, except Peychaud's bitters and club soda, in a. cocktail shaker and shake well. Add ice and shake again. Strain into a martini glass. Set aside one half of the cocktail shaker, without ice, to save the film left from the cream and egg. In the shaker, add 2 dashes of Peychaud's Bitters, combining it with the leftover film and add enough soda to create a foam. Top the drink with this foam until a head appears. Garnish with lemon zest.

SVEDKA’a Jelly Bites

Ingredients:

1 cup RUFFINO Moscato

1 pkg SVEDKA Unflavored Gelatin Mix

1.2 cup SVEDKA Raspberry Vodka

2 tbsp. multi colored sprinkles

Directions: Bring RUFFINO Moscato just to boil. Add to unflavored gelatin mix in medium bowl. Stir for two minutes until completely dissolved. Stir in SVEDKA Raspberry Vodka. Pour into 18 mini muffin pan cups sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate two hours or until firm. Run knife around edges of gelatin cups to loosen from pan. Unmold gelatin cups. Top with sprinkles just before serving.

Oscar fever has taken over Los Angeles. For the week leading up to the 90th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 4, street closures are in place around Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, where the ceremony takes place. Salons are booking up with blow-dry appointments for guests attending the show or any of the fancy parties taking place around town. Luxe hotels are full. And, those of us who plan to cheer our favorites from the comfort of our own living room are inviting friends to join us, planning menus and making sure we have a fully stacked liquor cabinet.